
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has hiked the cash rate by 25 basis points this month, taking it up from 3.60% to 3.85%
Savings.com.au will provide rolling updates below of each lenders' announcements regarding passing on this February rate hike to variable-rate home loans.
Which banks and lenders will hike variable interest rates?
All hikes below refer to lenders’ responses to the RBA’s rate hike on 3 February 2026
Key notes:
- P&I = Principal and Interest, IO= Interest Only, OO=Owner-occupiers
- Basis points explained: 1 basis point = 0.01%
- New lowest advertised variable rates: Excludes introductory & honeymoon rates and package rates. Rates are correct at the time of the last update to this page. Lowest rates will only be listed if they are currently available and new (i.e. the rate became that lender’s lowest rate after some or all of the RBA’s February rate hike were passed on).
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Arab Bank Australia interest rate hike
Australian Military Bank interest rate hike
Australian Mutual Bank interest rate hike
Auswide Bank interest rate hike
Bank Australia interest rate hike
Bank of Melbourne interest rate hike
Bank of Queensland interest rate hike
Bank of Sydney interest rate hike
Bendigo Bank interest rate hike
Beyond Bank interest rate hike
Commonwealth Bank interest rate hike
Community First Bank interest rate hike
Credit Union SA interest rate hike
Defence Bank interest rate hike
G&C Mutual Bank interest rate hike
Gateway Bank interest rate hike
Geelong Bank interest rate hike
Goulburn Murray Credit Union interest rate hike
Great Southern Bank interest rate hike
Greater Bank interest rate hike
Heritage Bank interest rate hike
Homeloans.com.au interest rate hike
Homestar Finance interest rate hike
Horizon Bank interest rate hike
loans.com.au interest rate hike
Macquarie Bank interest rate hike
MyState Bank interest rate hike
Newcastle Permanent interest rate hike
Northern Inland Credit Union interest rate hike
People's Choice interest rate hike
Pepper Money interest rate hike
Police Credit Union interest rate hike (pending)
Reduce interest rate hike (pending)
Regional Australia Bank interest rate hike
State Custodians interest rate hike
Summerland Bank interest rate hike
Suncorp Bank interest rate hike
Teachers Mutual Bank interest rate hike
The Mutual Bank interest rate hike
Virgin Money interest rate hike
Well Home Loans interest rate hike (pending)
Yard interest rate hike (pending)
Yellow Brick Road interest rate hike (pending)
AMP Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 9 February
- Other info:
ANZ interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 3 February
- Effective date: 13 February
- Other info:
Arab Bank Australia interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date:9 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
Athena interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date:10 February
- Effective date: 10 February
- Other info:
Australian Military Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Existing variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 20 February
- Other info:
Australian Mutual Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 13 February
- Effective date: 1 March
- Other info:
Auswide Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 12 February
- Other info:
Bank Australia interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 19 February
- Other info:
Bank First interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 5 February
- Effective date: 20 February
- Other info:
Bank of Melbourne interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date:3 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
Bank of Queensland interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date:4 February
- Effective date: 6 February
- Other info:
Bank of Queensland home loan rates
Bank of Sydney interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date:4 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
Bank of Us interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date:6 February
- Effective date: 19 February
- Other info:
BankSA interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date:3 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
BankVic interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date:5 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info: Repayment changes will kick in for existing customers from 10 March
Bankwest interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 3 February
- Effective date: 13 February
- Other info:
BCU Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date:4 February
- Effective date: 18 February
- Other info:
Bendigo Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date:4 February
- Effective date: 11 February
- Other info:
Beyond Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date:4 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
Commonwealth Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable rate home loans
- Announcement date: 3 February
- Effective date: 13 February
- Other info:
Commonwealth Bank home loan rates
Community First Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 12 February
- Effective date: 12 February
- Other info:
Credit Union SA interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 12 February
- Effective date: 16 February
- Other info:
Defence Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 11 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
G&C Mutual Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike : Up to 36 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 6 February
- Effective date: 6 February for new business, 18 March for existing customers
- Other info: It looks like the Essential Worker and First Home Buyer loans will be increased by 26 bps and 36 bps respectively, while its standard products will only go up by 25 bps.
Firstmac interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 9 February
- Effective date: Rates change on 12 February, new repayments kick on from 27 March.
- Other info:
Gateway Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 11 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
Geelong Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 27 February
- Other info:
Goulburn Murray Credit Union interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 9 February
- Effective date: 13 February
- Other info:
Great Southern Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 6 February
- Effective date: 5 March
- Other info:
Greater Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 13 February
- Other info:
Heritage Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
Homeloans.com.au interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 5 February
- Effective date: 13 February
- Other info:
Homestar Finance interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 6 February
- Effective date: 9 February
- Other info:
Horizon Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 5 February
- Effective date: 5 February
- Other info:
HSBC interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 16 February
- Other info:
Hume Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 10 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
IMB interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 6 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
ING Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 10 February
- Other info:
loans.com.au interest rate hike
- Rate hike : 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 9 February
- Effective date: Rates change on 12 February, new repayments kick on from 27 March.
- Other info:
Macquarie Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable rate home loans
- Announcement date: 3 February
- Effective date: 20 February
- Other info:
ME Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 7 February
- Other info:
MOVE Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 13 February
- Effective date: 13 February
- Other info:
MyState Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 12 February
- Other info:
NAB interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Standard variable rate home loan
- Announcement date: 3 February
- Effective date: 13 February
- Other info:
Newcastle Permanent interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 13 February
- Other info:
Newcastle Permanent home loan rates
Northern Inland Credit Union interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 5 February
- Effective date: 5 February
- Other info:
P&N Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 5 February
- Effective date: 18 February
- Other info:
People's Choice interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 5 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
Pepper Money interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 13 February
- Other info:
QBank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 5 February
- Effective date: 18 February
- Other info:
Qudos Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 19 February
- Other info: Repayment changes will kick in for existing customers from 26 March
RACQ Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
RAMS interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 3 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info: RAMS is no longer accepting new home loan applications
Regional Australia Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 5 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
St George interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 bps
- Applies to: Variable rate home loans
- Announcement date: 3 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
State Custodians interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 bps
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 5 February
- Effective date: 13 February
- Other info:
Summerland Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 bps
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 6 February
- Effective date: 13 February for new loans, 24 February for existing
- Other info:
Suncorp Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 13 February
- Other info:
Teachers Mutual Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
Tiimely interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 9 February
- Effective date: 13 February
- Other info:
The Mutual Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 4 February
- Effective date: 23 February
- Other info:
UBank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date:4 February
- Effective date: 12 February
- Other info:
UniBank interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date:4 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info:
Unity Bank interest rate hike
- Rate hike : Up to 36 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 6 February
- Effective date: 6 February for new business, 18 March for existing customers
- Other info: It looks like the Essential Worker and First Home Buyer loans will be increased by 26 bps and 36 bps respectively, while its standard products will only go up by 25 bps.
Unloan interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 3 February
- Effective date: 13 February
- Other info:
Up interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 5 February
- Effective date: 11 February
- Other info:
Virgin Money interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 basis points
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 5 February
- Effective date: 6 February for the Reward Home Loan for existing customers, 7 February on the Lite and Loaded home loans for new and existing customers.
- Other info:
Westpac interest rate hike
- Rate hike: 25 bps
- Applies to: Variable-rate home loans
- Announcement date: 3 February
- Effective date: 17 February
- Other info: Change automatically applied